Sacred assemblies and civic engagement
Subtitle: how religion matters for America's newest immigrants
By: Fred Kniss, Paul D. Numrich.
Contributors: Numrich, Paul David, 1952-
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780813541709; 9780813541716
Subjects: Immigrants -- Illinois -- Chicago Metropolitan Area -- Religious life; Religion and culture -- Illinois -- Chicago Metropolitan Area; Immigrants -- Illinois -- Chicago Metropolitan Area -- Social conditions; Social participation -- Illinois -- Chicago Metropolitan Area; Chicago Metropolitan Area (Ill.) -- Religion
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Purity and protest : sectarianism and immigrant civic engagement; title: Locating the moral authority of immigrant congregations; title: The moral projects of immigrant congregations; title: "Making it in America" : occupational and economic adaptation in immigrant congregations; title: Religion, education, and civic tensions in immigrant congregations; title: Marriage patterns in immigrant congregations : implications for social distance and group identity; title: Language in immigrant congregations : religious and civic considerations; title: Individual engagement : citizenship in immigrant religions; title: Organizational engagement : the ecology of immigrant congregations; title: When and how religion matters for immigrant civic engagement.